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To begin bowling you must first pace off the number of steps from the foul line that you deem sufficient and take your stance. Rock back and forth a few times to make sure you’re comfortable. You should be holding the ball at a point where its weight is least noticeable. Now you are ready for the delivery and pushaway.

For all practical purposes, there are three main ways of making your delivery or approach to the foul line. Actually, we consider delivery and approach as the same thing.

The three main categories are bowlers who use three steps, those who use four and those who use five. There are also bowlers who take one or two steps, some who might even take six or seven. However, in most cases steps over five usually are a shuffle or very short steps.

In the taking of three steps, bowlers usually make them long ones with an unusually long slide.

On the other hand, the five-step bowlers take very short steps. They’re more of a picture bowler in their approach with almost complete accent on smoothness. Not that your five-step bowlers aren’t capable of high scores; some of our top performers take either five or four and one half steps. But even the five-step professionals are the first to admit that for all practical purposes, the four-step delivery carries the most advantages, especially to a beginner.

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